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Job Description
Control or operate entire chemical processes or system of machines.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-8091.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 59,430.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 28.00
- Currently, there are 33,300 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Chemical Plant and System Operators”.
Also Known As…
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Production Technician
- Process Technician
- Process Operator
- Process Development Associate
- Process Control Operator
- Operator
- Operations Technician
- Machine Operator
- Loader Technician
- Chemical Operator
- Wash Operator
- Utility Operator
- Tower Operator
- Switchboard Operator
- Production Operator
- Pressure Controller
- Plant Associate
- Pharmaceutical Operator
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Machine Operator
- Pharmaceutical Development Technician
- Nitrogen Operator
- Nitric Acid Plant Operator
- Hydrogenation Operator
- Furnace Utility Operator
- Furnace Process Plant Operator
- Development Associate
- Denitrator
- Chief Operator
- Chemical Treatment Plant Technician
- Chemical Plant Operator
- Checker
- Bucket Wash Operator
- Badger Distiller Operator
- Ammonia Technician
- Ammonia Still Operator
Tasks for “Naphtha Washing System Operator”
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- Start pumps to wash and rinse reactor vessels, to exhaust gases or vapors, to regulate the flow of oil, steam, air, or perfume to towers, or to add products to converter or blending vessels.
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality.
- Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
- Inspect operating units, such as towers, soap-spray storage tanks, scrubbers, collectors, or driers to ensure that all are functioning and to maintain maximum efficiency.
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
- Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
- Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
- Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, or spray tips.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
Related Technology & Tools
- Refrigeration systems
- Heating vessels
- Panel lights
- Belt conveyors
- Centrifugal compressors
- Humidifiers
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Barometers
- Thermocouples
- Desktop computers
- Mixing tanks
- Cooling towers
- Converter vessels
- Distillation columns
- Control boards
- Air conditioning systems
- Rotary pumps
- Tensometers
- Reciprocating pumps
- Manometers
- Reciprocating compressors
- Centrifugal fans
- Capacitance probes
- Storage drums
- Blending vessels
- Boilers
- Steam hoses
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Personal protective equipment
- Bourdon tubes
- Chain conveyors
- Conveyor feeders
- Viscometers
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Collectors
- Gas analyzers
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Wet scrubbers
- Positive displacement pumps
- Display screens
- Steam turbines
- Panelboards
- Effluent treatment systems
- Recording calorimeters
- Neutralizer tanks
- Screw conveyors
- Calibrated rods
- Fire extinguishers
- Bucket elevators
- Axial flow fans
- Industrial fans
- Silencers
- Centrifugal pumps
- Digital surface thermometers
- Industrial dryers
- Agitator tanks
- Pressure gauges
- Hoppers
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Alarm management system software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Distributed control system DCS